Reviews tagging 'Sexual harassment'

Confess by Colleen Hoover

33 reviews

booooooook_person's review

1.5

This was the first collen hoover book I ever read and I hope it will be the last. The only reason I actually finished this is because I was buddy reading it with a friends and she needed to finish this book to reach er yearly reading goal. I hated all the characters and it was so incredibly boring that I sometimes chose to do absolutely nothing over trying to finish this book. I wish the book hadn’t added actual photos of Owen’s art, because then I could’ve at least imagined that he was a good artist. I thought the sex scenes would’ve at least been kinda decently written, since collen hoover is known to have a lot of sex in her books, but even the scenes where both characters gave consent, it seemed like I was reading a non consensual sex scene. I hated this book deeply and it showed me how little i could care about a story.  

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual assault, Rape, Sexual harassment, and Toxic relationship

Moderate: Alcohol, Cancer, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Addiction, and Alcoholism

Minor: Child death, Death of parent, Gun violence, Violence, Grief, Death, and Car accident

rainbowbaby's review

challenging dark emotional hopeful sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

The ending made the discomfort and frustration felt during the majority of this book a little more palatable. If you want to be

Spoiler

p*ssed off at a POS cop abusing his power and grow tired of a bitchy MIL withholding a child from their birth mother, look no further. The scenes depicting the sexual violence are not graphic but are triggering for sure.

if you want more of an emotional (have tissues on hand) romance arc with less gore and suspense than Verity, this may be for you! Also, rest assured that nothing happens to the cat :)

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gaslighting, Addiction, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, Domestic abuse, Drug use, Car accident, Drug abuse, Grief, Rape, Death, Death of parent, Emotional abuse, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, Violence, Sexual content, and Terminal illness

thegeekybird's review against another edition

emotional sad fast-paced

• Diverse cast of characters? No

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Sexual violence, Terminal illness, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual harassment, Stalking, and Bullying

booksbymae's review

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Death of parent, Drug use, Grief, Sexual harassment, Toxic relationship, Terminal illness, Car accident, Chronic illness, and Drug abuse

brinasatt's review

fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Domestic abuse, Toxic relationship, and Sexual assault

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Drug abuse, Rape, Emotional abuse, Grief, Sexual harassment, Sexual violence, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Drug use, and Police brutality

Minor: Suicidal thoughts, Medical content, Gun violence, Gaslighting, Physical abuse, Police brutality, Pregnancy, Stalking, and Adult/minor relationship

sterreks's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny hopeful lighthearted mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Emotional abuse

Moderate: Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Car accident, Medical content, Addiction, and Alcoholism

v1l25's review

challenging emotional hopeful mysterious sad tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Injury/Injury detail, Medical content, Medical trauma, Panic attacks/disorders, Sexual harassment, Physical abuse, Cursing, Sexual content, Stalking, Addiction, Car accident, Death, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Emotional abuse, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Drug use, Gaslighting, Grief, Police brutality, and Pregnancy

mels_reading_log's review

emotional hopeful fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

This book was such a great romance novel. I fell in love with Owen, Auburn and Adam and the way fate brought them all together in the way they needed in the right moment. I loved how the writer kept details of their lives away from us until the end too. It wasn’t as predictable as a lot of other romance novels.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Child death, Violence, Toxic relationship, Death, Sexual assault, Addiction, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Drug abuse and Drug use

Minor: Death of parent

jailinavdem's review

emotional hopeful mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? N/A
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.25

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Content Warnings

Minor: Physical abuse and Sexual harassment

aubreypourbaix's review

emotional fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexual harassment, Rape, and Toxic relationship

Minor: Medical content, Misogyny, and Death